In Asia today, the Hang Seng was recently down 97.97 points at 23,952.43, while
the Nikkei was last off 225.26 points at 16,031.74.
Crude oil for October delivery added as much as 19 cents to $76.49 a barrel, after
closing 57 cents higher at $76.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.